California v. Watt’s Empirical Analysis
683 F.2d 1253 · 1982
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2014 · most notably Secretary of the Interior v. California (1984), City of Sausalito v. O'Neill (2004)
34 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · Sierra Club v. Morton · Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“person suffering legal wrong because of agency action, or adversely affected or aggrieved by agency action within the meaning of a relevant statute.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... decisions made at the lease sale stage ... establish the basic scope and charter for subsequent development and production ... critical decisions are made as to the size and location of the tracts, the times of the sale, and the stipulations to which the leases would be subject.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In determining whether the Secretary's rejection of the Governor's recommendations was arbitrary or capricious, we must consider whether the decision was based on a consideration of the relevant factors and whether there was a clear error of judgment.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.